Wheatley has just 30 per cent vision, but after a traumatic and turbulent chapter in her life, she has made it her goal to summit all 14 of the world’s tallest mountains that stand above 8,000 metres.
“Those 26 months in hospitals and so much darkness, that was not a choice, but now I’m choosing to put myself in these situations where I’m being challenged physically and mentally. I’ve been through worse, not by choice.”